THE SHINING
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. First Edition. Item #8617
First Printing, with "First Edition" on copyright page and R49 code at gutter of p.447. Octavo (21.5cm); tan paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],447,[1]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), with some very subtle offsetting from backstrip along the joints, and pinpoint wear to base of spine panel and upper corner tips; it is an otherwise sharp example, rich in color, with none of the usual discoloration at spine; very Near Fine.
King's third published novel. "As caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains, Jack Torrance is snowbound with his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, for three months. Energized by Danny's psychic powers - called his shine by King - the malevolent ghosts from the Overlook's violent past manifest themselves to claim the Torrance family as their latest victims" (Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide 4-173). Basis for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film of the same name, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Brooks A4.1. 8617.
Price: $2,850.00